Siam Makro Public Company Limited (SET: MAKRO) has announced its 1Q23 consolidated financial statement through the Stock Exchange of Thailand as follows;
| Year | 1Q23 | 1Q22 |
| Net Profit (Loss) Million Baht |
2,165.65 | 2,050.31 |
| Earning Per Share (Baht) |
0.2000 | 0.1900 |
| % Change | 5.63 | |
MAKRO reported a net profit of Baht 2,166 million, an increase of Baht 116 million or 5.6% YoY, due to an increase in the wholesale business, which marked at Baht 1,897 million or jumped 8.9% YoY. While the retail business reported a net profit of Baht 269 million, which dropped by 12.8% YoY from higher finance costs, higher electricity expenses, and an early amortization of the upfront fee from debt prepayments in amount of Baht 211 million.
Gross profit margin was 14.0% of the total sales revenue, which slightly decreased from 1Q/2022 which stood at 14.2%, primarily due to a dip in retail gross profit margin to 18.0% from 18.6% YoY. However, the wholesale gross profit margin stood at 10.9% higher than the same period last year at 10.4%.
MAKRO reported total revenue of Baht 120,222 million, an increase of Baht 8,804 million or 7.9% year-on-year. While revenue from sales of goods was Baht 114,044 million, which increased by Baht 7,776 million or 7.3% from the same period last year, which mainly due to an increase in wholesale business of Baht 7,371 million or 13.0% from the same quarter last year. The notable increase in sales primarily attributed to in-stores sales purchases, an improvement in delivery efficiency to bolster the online and Omni-channel sales of Makro-Thailand, an expansion of Makro-International across all countries, and a steady recovery in Foodservice APME.
Additionally, Makro-Thailand’s same store sales growth (SSSG) remarkably improved and reached at 10.9%.
